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Board of Trade: Marine Department: Imperial Lighthouse Service: Bahamas
Catalogue reference: BT 206
What's it about?
BT 206
These records cover the day to day administration by the Imperial Lighthouse Service of eleven lighthouse stations built by the UK Government between 1836 and 1889.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BT 206
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Title (The name of the record)
- Board of Trade: Marine Department: Imperial Lighthouse Service: Bahamas
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1855-1948
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Description (What the record is about)
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These records cover the day to day administration by the Imperial Lighthouse Service of eleven lighthouse stations built by the UK Government between 1836 and 1889.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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The collection is incomplete as many of the records were destroyed by enemy action during the Second World War.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Imperial Lighthouse Service, 1855-1973
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 25 volume(s)
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Trade and commerce
- Caribbean
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Bahamas Imperial Lighthouse Service was controlled by the Marine Division of the Board of Trade until it was handed over to the Bahamas Government on 10 July 1973 (Independence Day).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3244/
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Board of Trade: Marine Department: Imperial Lighthouse Service: Bahamas
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